Burial-vault handle



Aug. 21, 1923. 1,465,701

C. WHARTENBY' BURIAL VAULT HANDLE Filed July 21, 1921 Patented Aug. 21, 1923,

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Application filed-July 21,

bar may be freely and easily raised to position spaced from the vault'to be grasped.

A further object. of the invent-ion is to provide a handle employing a supporting bracket and handle bar arm and wherein the. arm will be, freely-'.engaged with the bracket so thatthe arm and bracket may be readily assembled without theuse of a pivot pin or other similar element. I

And the invention has as a still further ob ject to provide a handle wherein the sup porting bracket will be provided with a bar adapted to accommodate a strap for lowering the vault into a grave.

Other and incidental objects willappear hereinafter. r

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a conventional vault equipped with my im- 7 provedhandle,

Figure 2 is a Vertical sectional view on the line 2-2 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows, and

,Figure 3 is a'rear elevation showing the supporting bracket employed indetail.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, I have, for convenience, shown my improved handle in connection with a conventional metal'vault 10. A handle is, of course, mounted at each side of the vault but" since the handles are identical only one will be described. In carrying the invention into effect, I employ a supporting bracket comprising a body platell from which projects a marginal base flange 12 extended at the upper end edge of the plate to define an oblong base frame 13. Rising. from the ends of this frame medially thereof are lugs 1 1 and extending between said lugs is a strap bar 15 which is preferably circular in cross s ction, the b r nd lugs being gr l i h Sides.

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the base L As will be observed .iipoii particularreference to Figure 2, the bar is; in thus, spaced-above or in front of "the base frame so that a strap maybe readily looped around thebar.--Formed inthe body plate 11 mediallythereof is n vertically disposed slot 16 opening through the lower edgeof' the plate and rising fromtheplate at, oppo site sides'of said slot are flanges 17 connected at their upper ends anoutwardly and downwardly sloping "connecting web 18 overhanging the outerverticaledgesof said flanges todeflne a stop shoulder19. Formed j;

in the flanges fromfitherear sideof the body plate are, as particularly shown in Figure 3,

companion substantially semi-circularre' cesses 20 disposed substantially "midway between the, endsof the flanges, and-entering through the inner confronting sides thereof into the slot-'16 asflwell asthrough therear face of; the body-plate.

In conjunction with the supporting niem';

her I employ. a handle bar arm 21 providedi at its outer end with an enlargedreye or sleeve 22 and formed on the arm at its inner end is a disk shaped head 23 from the side faces of which extend-oppositely directed 1ateral trunnions 24. ,The head 23 is adapted to be freely, accommodated between the flanges 17 ofthe supporting bracket so that ,the trunnions 24: may'thusbe engaged in the recesses 20 for pivotally connecting the arm wlth thebracket, the arm, of course,

extending freely through theslot 16. As

will thus be seen, thisconstruction provides an arrangement whereby the arm is supportedupon the bracket for free swinging a movement while the use of pivot, pins, or

other similarelements is eliminatedfthej arm simply being freely engaged with the bracket and thus adapted to be readily assembled therewi'thQ a As shown in Figure 1,-threeof thesupporting, brackets are preferably arranged at equally spaced points upon the adjacent side wall of the vault 10-and extending through the body plates 11 of said brackets and through said wall are fastening devices '25 securing the brackets in position, the 'base flanges 12 of the brackets seating flat against the wall so that the wall thus serves to close the brackets at their rear act-with the arms, 21 at their inner ends for holding the trunnions 24 of said arms against displacement from the recesses 20 to Accordingly, said side wall will '00- thus prevent the arms from becoming detached whilefat the same time, the trunnions mayfreely rock within said recesses for swingingly supporting the arm. EX-

tending through the sleeves 22 of all ofthe arms is a handle bar 26 whichimaybe of metal or other approved material and, as

will be perceived, the arms'will normally gravitate to hang downwardly'from the supporting brackets sustaining'tlie handle bar close along the side of the vault. At the same time, the handle bar may befreely swung upwardly so as to be readily grasped. \Vhen thus swung upwardly the shoulders 19 of the brackets will coact with-the upper edges of the arms 21 for limitingthe arms in their upward swinging movement and rig porting bracket comprising afbody platehaving a slot therein, flanges rising from the plate at opposite sides of the slot, a

web-extending between and connecting said flanges, the flange-s belng'formedwith recesses opening through the inner side face of the plate, and. a handle freely received through said slot and provided with trunnions engaging in said recesses pivotally connecting the handle with the bracket for movement to engage said web to be thereby. V v r 2. A burial vault handle including a suplimited porting bracket comprising a body plate provided with a marginal base flange having portions thereof extending beyond the lines of 'the'plate and formed'with a cross bar to receive a strap, and a handle carried by the bracket. 1 I

3. A burial vault handle,- including a supporting bracket comprising a body plate. having spaced recesses opening through the inner face'thereof andprovided between said recesses with aslot, there being a web extending at the outer side of the plate to overhang the slot, and an arm freely received through the slot and provided with trunnions journaled in said recesses pivotally connecting the arm with the bracket for upward movement limited hy'said Web.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature. Y

CLAUDE VCLE-VELAND' WHARTENBY. 

